2022 in Afghanistan
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Events in the year 2022 in Afghanistan.
According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis.[1]
After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022.[2][3]
Incumbents
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Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada | 15 August 2021 – present | |||
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Acting Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund | 7 September 2021 – present | |||
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Chief Justice | Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai | 15 August 2021 – present | |||
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Deputy Leader |
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15 August 2021 – present | |||
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Acting Deputy Prime Minister |
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Events
Ongoing
- Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
- COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan
January
- 1 January – India sends 500,000 doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as a part of a humanitarian aid program.[4][5]
- 9 January – Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University and a critic of the Taliban, is arrested by the new Government of Afghanistan.[6][7]
- 16 January – Last of the 2021–2022 Afghan protests
- 17 January – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Badghis Province, killing at least 26 people.[8]
- 22 January – Herat bus bombing
February
- 5 February – Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes – Tehrik-i-Taliban militants based in Afghanistan cross into Kurram District and attack a Pakistani Army checkpoint on the Durand Line, killing five Pakistani soldiers.[9][10]
- 15 February – Death of Haider
- 24 February – Eight workers for a United Nations polio vaccination program are murdered in four different locations in northern Afghanistan.[11][12]
March
- 4 March – Islamic State – Khorasan Province detonates a bomb in a mosque in Paktia Province, killing three people and injuring at least 24.[13]
April
- 9 April – 2022 Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes
- 16 April – 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan
- 19 April – April 2022 Kabul school bombing
- 21 April – 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
- 22 April – 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing
- 28 April – 28 April 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombings
- 29 April – April 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
May
- 1 May – Afghanistan's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made a public appearance on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
- 5 May – A series of floods kill 22 people.
- 25 May:
- 26 May – A series of explosions kill at least 14 people.
June
- 22 June – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Khost Province, killing at least 1,163 people and injuring over 3,000. Over 25 villages were razed to the ground. The Barmal District was worst affected, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring there.[14] 238 others were also killed in the Gayan District, where over 70% of the district's houses collapsed.[14] The Spera District, closest to the earthquake's epicentre, experienced 40 fatalities, and the destruction of 500 homes.[14] It is deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan since 1998.[15]
- 29 June – Afghanistan Ulema gathering
July
- 31 July - Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
August
- 5 August - 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
- 17 August - August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
September
- 2 September - 2022 Herat mosque bombing
- 5 September
- 23 September - September 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
- 30 September - September 2022 Kabul school bombing
References
- ^ "97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP". UNDP. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "Taliban plans to form 'commission' in 2022 to draft new constitution". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "In Afghanistan, Taliban states plan to form commission in 2022 to draft new constitution". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2022-01-01). "India gifts 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ Mohan, Geeta (January 1, 2022). "India sends 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid". India Today. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ "Prominent Afghan professor arrested for criticising Taliban rule". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ "Taliban arrest Afghan professor after criticism". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
- ^ "Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Afghanistan, killing more than 20". devdiscourse.com.
- ^ "Five Pakistani soldiers killed in cross-border firing, army says". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2022-02-07). "Five soldiers martyred as Afghan-based terrorists target post in Kurram". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ "UN Says 8 Polio Workers Killed in Afghanistan". VOA. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ "UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan". UN News. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ Khan, Ismail; Masood, Salman (2022-03-04). "ISIS Claims Bombing of Pakistani Mosque, Killing Dozens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ^ a b c "Afghanistan: Earthquake – Jun 2022". reliefweb.int.
- ^ Dasgupta, Sravasti (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll rises to 950 after major quake hits Paktika province". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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